2019 Pakistan Super League squads

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The franchises in 2019 Pakistan Super League prepared their squads during the trade and retentions between 29 September 2018 and 12 November, [1] [2] and finalised in the draft held at Islamabad on 20 November 2018, [3] [4] while made expansion in replacement draft held in Lahore on 24 January. [5] The tournament is the fourth season of Pakistan Super League. [6]

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Key

Key
No.NameNat.BatBowlSign
Player jersey number
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
  •   denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection
  •   denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
Player's nationalityBatting style
  • R for Right-hand
  • L for Left-hand
Bowling style
  • R for Right-arm
  • L for Left-arm
Contract signed year

Islamabad United

No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
Batsmen
8 Sahibzada Farhan Flag of Pakistan.svg 6 March 1996 (age 26)R2019
N/A Cameron Delport Flag of South Africa.svg 12 May 1989 (age 33)LR medium2019
N/A Nasir Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 October 1998 (age 24)RR medium fast2019
N/A Ian Bell Flag of England.svg 11 April 1982 (age 40)RR medium2019Overseas
10 Alex Hales Flag of England.svg 3 January 1989 (age 34)RR medium2019Overseas
13 Asif Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 1 October 1991 (age 31)RR medium fast2018
22 Rizwan Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg 26 April 1996 (age 26)L2019
All-rounders
5 Hussain Talat Flag of Pakistan.svg 12 February 1996 (age 27)LR medium fast2017
7 Amad Butt Flag of Pakistan.svg 10 May 1995 (age 27)RR fast medium2016
N/A Wayne Parnell Flag of South Africa.svg 30 July 1989 (age 33)RL fast medium2019Overseas
29 Samit Patel Flag of England.svg 30 November 1984 (age 38)RSlow L orthodox2019Overseas
41 Fahim Ashraf Flag of Pakistan.svg 16 January 1994 (age 29)LR medium fast2018
76 Shadab Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg 4 October 1998 (age 24)RR leg break2018 Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
54 Luke Ronchi Flag of New Zealand.svg 23 April 1981 (age 41)R2018Overseas
59 Chadwick Walton Flag of Jamaica.svg 3 July 1985 (age 37)R2018Overseas
N/A Phil Salt Flag of England.svg 28 August 1996 (age 26)RR medium fast2019Overseas
Bowlers
7 Mohammad Sami Flag of Pakistan.svg 24 February 1981 (age 41)RR fast2018 Captain
11 Rumman Raees Flag of Pakistan.svg 18 October 1991 (age 31)RL medium fast2018
17 Zafar Gohar Flag of Pakistan.svg 1 February 1995 (age 28)Lslow L orthodox2018
N/A Musa Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg 28 August 2000 (age 22)RR medium2019
N/A Waqas Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg 4 November 1987 (age 35)RL medium2019
N/A Zahir Khan Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg 20 December 1998 (age 24)LL unorthodox spin2019Overseas

    Karachi Kings

    No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
    Batsmen
    95 Iftikhar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg 3 September 1990 (age 32)RR off break2019
    7 Liam Livingstone Flag of England.svg 4 August 1993 (age 29)RR offspin/Leg break2019
    24 Sikandar Raza Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 24 April 1986 (age 36)RR off-break2019Overseas
    41 Colin Ingram Flag of South Africa.svg 3 July 1985 (age 37)LR leg spin2018Overseas
    56 Babar Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg 15 October 1994 (age 28)RR off spin2018
    82 Colin Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg 11 March 1987 (age 35)LR medium2018Overseas
    N/A Jaahid Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 3 June 1995 (age 27)RR off-break2019
    6 Awais Zia Flag of Pakistan.svg 1 September 1986 (age 36)LR off-break2019
    All-rounders
    9 Imad Wasim Flag of Pakistan.svg 18 November 1988 (age 34)Lslow L orthodox2018 Captain
    10 Ravi Bopara Flag of England.svg 4 May 1985 (age 37)RR medium fast2018Overseas
    34 Aamer Yamin Flag of Pakistan.svg 26 June 1990 (age 32)RR medium fast2017
    99 Ali Imran Flag of Pakistan.svg 25 February 1998 (age 24)RR medium2019
    Wicket-keepers
    16 Mohammad Rizwan Flag of Pakistan.svg 1 June 1992 (age 30)R2018
    51 Ben Dunk Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11 March 1987 (age 35)LR off-break2019Overseas
    Bowlers
    5 Mohammad Amir Flag of Pakistan.svg 13 April 1992 (age 30)LL fast2018
    1 Sohail Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg 6 March 1984 (age 38)RR fast2018
    14 Usman Shinwari Flag of Pakistan.svg 1 May 1994 (age 28)RL medium fast2019
    15 Umer Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 August 1999 (age 23)LL orthodox2019
    23 Usama Mir Flag of Pakistan.svg 23 December 1995 (age 27)RR leg spin2018
    35 Aaron Summers Flag of Australia (converted).svg 24 March 1996 (age 26)RR fast2019Overseas
    11 Abrar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg 16 October 1996 (age 26)RR Leg break2019

      Lahore Qalandars

      No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
      Batsmen
      01 Salman Butt Flag of Pakistan.svg 7 October 1984 (age 38)LR off spin2019
      17 AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg 17 February 1984 (age 38)RR medium2019Overseas
      23 Agha Salman Flag of Pakistan.svg 23 November 1993 (age 29)RR off break2018
      39 Fakhar Zaman Flag of Pakistan.svg 10 April 1990 (age 32)LL orthodox spin2019 Vice captain
      89 Haris Sohail Flag of Pakistan.svg 9 January 1989 (age 34)RSlow L orthodox2019
      81 Sohail Akhtar Flag of Pakistan.svg 2 March 1986 (age 36)RR medium2018
      N/A Saad Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 October 1994 (age 28)LR medium2019
      All-rounders
      8 Mohammad Hafeez Flag of Pakistan.svg 17 October 1980 (age 42)RR off break2019 Captain
      16 Hasan Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg 16 October 1998 (age 24)Rslow L orthodox2019
      26 Carlos Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg 18 July 1988 (age 34)RR fast medium2018Overseas
      29 Anton Devcich Flag of New Zealand.svg 28 September 1985 (age 37)LSlow L orthodox2018Overseas
      78 Corey Anderson Flag of New Zealand.svg 13 December 1990 (age 32)RR medium fast2019Overseas
      27 David Wiese Flag of South Africa.svg 18 May 1985 (age 37)RR medium2019Overseas
      44 Mohammad Imran Flag of Pakistan.svg 25 December 1996 (age 26)RR medium fast2019
      14 Asela Gunaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 8 January 1986 (age 37)RR medium2019Overseas
      N/A Ryan ten Doeschate Flag of the Netherlands.svg 30 June 1980 (age 42)RR medium fast2019Overseas
      Wicket-keepers
      05 Gauhar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 May 1989 (age 33)R2019
      01 Brendan Taylor Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 6 February 1987 (age 36)RR off-break2019Overseas
      N/A Umair Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg 7 December 1997 (age 25)R2019
      N/A Riki Wessels Flag of England.svg 12 November 1985 (age 37)R2019Overseas
      Bowlers
      7 Hardus Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg 6 March 1989 (age 33)RR fast2019Overseas
      10 Shaheen Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg 6 April 2000 (age 22)LL fast2019
      86 Yasir Shah Flag of Pakistan.svg 2 May 1986 (age 36)RR leg break2019
      21 Rahat Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 12 September 1988 (age 34)RL fast medium2019
      25 Sandeep Lamichhane Flag of Nepal.svg 2 August 2000 (age 22)RR Leg-break googly2019Overseas
      74 Aizaz Cheema Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 September 1979 (age 43)RR medium fast2019
      150 Haris Rauf Flag of Pakistan.svg 7 November 1993 (age 29)RR fast2019

        Multan Sultans

        No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
        Batsmen
        14 James Vince Flag of England.svg  England 14 March 1991 (age 31)RR medium2019Overseas
        30 Shan Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 October 1989 (age 33)LR medium fast2018
        1 Umar Siddiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 December 1992 (age 30)LR off break2018
        32 Laurie Evans Flag of England.svg  England 12 October 1987 (age 35)RR medium fast2019Overseas
        49 Steve Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 June 1989 (age 33)RR leg spin2019Overseas
        24 Joe Denly Flag of England.svg  England 16 March 1986 (age 36)RR leg spin2019Overseas
        All-rounders
        7 Nauman Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7 October 1986 (age 36)Rslow L orthodox2019
        10 Shahid Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1980 (age 42)RR leg spin2019
        12 Andre Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 29 April 1988 (age 34)RR fast2019Overseas
        18 Shoaib Malik Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 February 1982 (age 41)RR off break2018 Captain
        73 Hammad Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 March 1991 (age 31)RR medium2019
        54 Dan Christian Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 May 1983 (age 39)RR medium fast2019Overseas
        Wicket-keepers
        29 Nicholas Pooran Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2 October 1995 (age 27)L2018Overseas
        78 Shakeel Ansar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11 November 1978 (age 44)R2019
        23 Tom Moores Flag of England.svg  England 4 September 1996 (age 26)L2019Overseas
        25 Johnson Charles Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 14 January 1989 (age 34)Rslow L orthodox2019Overseas
        Bowlers
        33 Ali Shafiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 November 1996 (age 26)RR medium fast2019
        12 Junaid Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 December 1989 (age 33)RL fast2018
        17 Irfan Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 August 1989 (age 33)RR leg break2018
        26 Mohammad Abbas Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 March 1990 (age 32)RR fast medium2018
        27 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 June 1982 (age 40)RL fast2019
        27 Mohammad Ilyas Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 1999 (age 23)RR medium fast2019
        93 Chris Green Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 October 1993 (age 29)RR off break2019Overseas
        N/A Mohammad Junaid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 2002 (age 20)Lslow L orthodox2019
        32 Qais Ahmed Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan 15 August 2000 (age 22)RR leg break2019Overseas

          Peshawar Zalmi

          No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
          Batsmen
          22 Misbah-ul-Haq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 May 1974 (age 48)RR leg break2018 Captain
          26 Imam-ul-Haq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1995 (age 27)L2019
          92 Sohaib Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 April 1987 (age 35)RR off break2018
          N/A Lendl Simmons Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 25 January 1985 (age 38)RR medium fast2019Overseas
          N/A Nabi Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 October 1997 (age 25)R2019
          N/A Samiullah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11 November 1996 (age 26)R2019
          N/A Dawid Malan Flag of England.svg  England 3 September 1987 (age 35)LLeg break2019Overseas
          All-rounders
          4 Khalid Usman Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1986 (age 36)Rslow L orthodox2018
          7 Liam Dawson Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 1990 (age 32)Rslow L orthodox2018Overseas
          55 Kieron Pollard Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 12 May 1987 (age 35)RR medium fast2018Overseas
          88 Darren Sammy Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 20 December 1983 (age 39)RR medium fast2019Overseas; Captain
          200 Umar Amin Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 October 1989 (age 33)LR medium2019
          N/A Wayne Madsen Flag of England.svg  England 2 January 1985 (age 38)RR off-break2019Overseas
          Wicket-keepers
          23 Kamran Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 13 January 1982 (age 41)R2018
          72 Andre Fletcher Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28 November 1987 (age 35)R2019Overseas
          N/A Jamal Anwar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 31 December 1990 (age 32)R2019
          Bowlers
          7 Tymal Mills Flag of England.svg  England 12 August 1992 (age 30)RL fast2019Overseas
          9 Ibtisam Sheikh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 March 1999 (age 23)RLeg break googly2019
          13 Umaid Asif Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 April 1984 (age 38)RR medium fast2018
          14 Sameen Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 February 1999 (age 24)RR medium2018
          32 Hasan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7 February 1994 (age 29)RR medium fast2018
          34 Chris Jordan Flag of England.svg  England 4 October 1988 (age 34)RR fast2019Overseas
          47 Wahab Riaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 June 1985 (age 37)RL fast2016
          N/A Waqar Salamkheil [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan 2 October 2001 (age 21)RL medium2019Overseas
          1. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher

          Quetta Gladiators

          No.NameNat.Birth dateBatBowlSignNotes
          Batsmen
          04 Rilee Rossouw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9 October 1989 (age 33)LR off break2019Overseas
          05 Saud Shakeel Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 September 1995 (age 27)LL orthodox2019
          19 Ahmed Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 23 November 1991 (age 31)RR leg break2018
          23 Ahsan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 December 1993 (age 29)RR leg break2019
          All-rounders
          21 Mohammad Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 1994 (age 28)Rslow L orthodox2018
          033 Sohail Tanvir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1984 (age 38)LL medium fast2018
          33 Shane Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 June 1981 (age 41)RR fast medium2018Overseas
          47 Dwayne Bravo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 7 October 1983 (age 39)RR medium fast2019Overseas
          48 Anwar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 25 November 1987 (age 35)RR fast medium2018
          814 Dwayne Smith Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 12 April 1983 (age 39)RR medium2019Overseas
          18 Danish Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 20 November 1995 (age 27)Lslow L orthodox2019
          74 Sunil Narine Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 1988 (age 34)LR off-spin2019Overseas
          N/A Jalat Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 February 1986 (age 37)LSlow L orthodox2019
          Wicket-keepers
          45 Azam Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 August 1998 (age 24)L2019
          54 Sarfaraz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22 May 1987 (age 35)R2019 Captain
          96 Umar Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 May 1990 (age 32)RR off spin2019
          Bowlers
          010 Max Waller Flag of England.svg  England 3 March 1988 (age 34)RR Leg Break2019Overseas
          10 Ghulam Mudassar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 September 1999 (age 23)RR off break2019
          11 Harry Gurney Flag of England.svg  England 25 October 1986 (age 36)RL medium fast2019Overseas
          17 Mohammad Asghar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 December 1998 (age 24)Lslow L orthodox2019
          22 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 May 1995 (age 27)RR fast2019
          20 Mohammad Hasnain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 April 2000 (age 22)RR fast2019
          52 Fawad Ahmed Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 February 1982 (age 41)RR Leg-break2019Overseas
          16 Naseem Shah [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 February 2003 (age 20)RR fast2019
          1. Injured, replaced by Mohammad Hasnain in the squad

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